The New York Times / Meshrano Jirga / Wolesi Jirga / See Crisis Group / THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP / ELECTION CHALLENGES Asia / BBC / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Iran / Pakistan / United States / Afghanistan / /
Event
Labor Issues / Product Issues / /
Facility
Building Democracy / Democracy Building / United States Institute of Peace / /
IndustryTerm
qualitative and fast services / government systems / campaign finance reports / electoral systems / Campaign finance / finance / draft law / illegal armed groups / government services / /
Organization
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit / provincial administration / Afghanistan’s New Legislature / Afghan National Army / Afghan government / Supreme Court / Independent Election Commission / Afghanistan’s Police / D. CRISIS GROUP BOARD OF TRUSTEES / European Union Election Observation Mission / Government of Afghanistan / Independent Commission for the Supervision of the Implementation of the Constitution / Afghan National Police / Independent Directorate of Local Governance / International Security Assistance Force / Afghanistan’s Central Statistics Office / U.S. Department of Defense / Northern Alliance / New Legislature / Congress / INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP / civil society / World Bank / United States Institute of Peace / Central Intelligence Agency / Electoral Evaluation Mission / presidential and provincial council / United Nations / presidential and provincial assembly / Central Statistics Office / New U.S. Administration / Grand Council / Constitutional Commission / National Assembly’s upper house / Electoral Complaints Commission / provincial assembly council / Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board / European Union / Taliban / Afghan Transitional Administration / Nangarhar provincial council / National Assembly / Elections Complaints Commission / /
Person
Hadi Muslimyar / Anna Wordsworth / Richard A. Oppel Jr. / Thomas Ruttig / Mohammad Younus Qanooni / Shafi Rahel / Sangar Rahimi / Margie Cook / Antonio Giustozzi / John Dempsey / Andrew Wilder / Dominique Orsini / Abdullah Abdullah / Konrad Adenauer Stiftung / Martine van Bijlert / J. Alexander Thier / Hamid Karzai / Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai / Dan Finn / Grant Kippen / /
PoliticalEvent
Parliamentary Elections / Council Elections / presidential elections / /
Position
Prime Minister / Way Forward ” / ultimate constitutional arbiter / President / official and finance minister / largely unaccountable executive / provincial councillor / accepted constitutional arbiter / council chairman / head of state / foreign minister / Secretary General / arbiter / representative of President Karzai / president for the first time / Governor / tackle / chairman / provincial councillor in the insurgency-racked province of Ghazni / Commissioner / executive / ELECTION CHALLENGES EXECUTIVE / representative / official number / final arbiter / current head / CONTENTS EXECUTIVE / Electoral Complaints Commissioner / runner-up / /
AFGHANISTAN’S ELECTION CHALLENGES Asia Report N°171 – 24 June 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................i I. INTRODUCTION .............................